Car-coupling



" (No Model.) I

A. MULLER.

GAR COUPLING.

' No.28'7,'77.1. Patented 0013.30, 1883.

INVENTOR- I 4 UNITED STATES PATENT ANTONE MULLER, OF MOUNT VERNON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO HENRY BASTNAGEL AND-HENRY RITZERT. I

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No.-287,771, dated October 30, 1883.

Application filed September 1,1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTONE MULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of-Posey and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Couplers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in ear-couplers, and has for its object to couple cars automatically and to uncouple from the side or top thereof. These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a front view; Fig. 3', details of some of the parts.

The letter A indicates a part of the car; B, the wheels; 0, a vertical shaft revolving in bearings F in the front of the car, and having at its lower end a bevel-wheel, O, which meshes into wheel D. The shaft 0 may be extended to the top of the car, and may be provided with a hand-wheel or othermeans of rotation.

E is a horizontal shaft extending across the front of the car, to which it is secured by bearings E. At one end of the shaft E there is a ratchet-wheel,- N, in which I a pawl, E, attached to the side of the car, engages and holds the shaft so as to prevent its turning,-for a purpose hereinafter described. The shaft E is also provided with hand wheels or cranks G, by means of which it may be rotated.

H is the draw-head, in the top of which is a slot, H, having a cover, H, which is secured to the draw-head bymeans of a flat spring, P, which causes the cover H to shut down and close the slot H. This cover H is provided with an eyebolt or staple, I, or other suitable means of fastening the chain 1 to the top of the cover H. The chain Izextends upwardly, and the end thereof is secured to the shaft E, which thus acts as a windlass to raise the cover H, and by this meansuncouple the cars.

The bottom of the opening of the draw-head is provided with ahook, J ,which engages with the coupling-linkKwhen the cars are brought together, and thus makes the coupling. The cover H has a hook, L, which catches on the lower part of thecoupling-link, and when the cover is raised this hook lifts the link K clear of the hook J, and by this means the cars are uncoupled, either from the sides or from the top of the car, by turning the crank or wheel G, or from the side by turning the crank or wheel G.

The pawl E is intended-to hold the shaft E in a position which will maintain the cover H above the plane of the top of the ,drawhead, which will prevent the cars from couplingwhen brought together. Should a coup ling-link break and leave a portion within the draw-head, a stick may be used for the purpose of removing it through the opening H, the cover H being raised for that purpose.

I am aware that a spring and catch located in the top thereof the rectangular opening H, a cover, H, adapted to fit therein, provided I with central hook, L, and in the bottom (of the draw-head) a hook, J, adapted to hold a coupling link, K, in combination with spring P, se cured to the outside thereof by screws 1), staple I, the chain I, the shaft E, ratchet-wheel N, and pawl E, substantially as describedfand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON E MULLER.

Witnesses;

MARK T. LEONARD, J. E. WOOD. 

